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Description: | Scale:1:48. A half block model of the starboard side of the Brenhilda (1874), a sailing cargo ship made entirely in wood, partly painted in realistic colours, the remainder polished a light brown finish. The hull is polished wood below the waterline, black above with a broad white stripe running the entire length of the vessel on which is painted black rectangles resembling gunports. The hull has a clipper bow. Fittings include a stump bowsprit, and a poop deck both of which are painted white. The model is displayed on a rectangular wooden backboard, possibly mahogany, with rounded corners and a bevelled edge. On plaque attached to bottom right-hand corner of backboard ?Brenhilda 1321 Tons. Built by Barclay Curle & Co 1874?.
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caption: Bronhilda 1874 - broadside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Brenhilda 1874 blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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